hackenbush

In an A/X regional swiss team, you encounter one of the top teams, and this hilarious hand comes up: North: (unfav) ♠KTxxxx ♥x ♦ATxx ♣J9x South: (dealer) ♠Q ♥AJT8 ♦Q98xx ♣AKxx S W N E 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ P 3♥ 4♦ P 5♦ AP 10 tricks, -100. Other table 4♠x -2, win 9 imps. Neither table got to 3nt. RHO's shape is 5=3=2=3. ATB? :o More to come about this hand.

I like this event too. Last year was on a Wednesday, and I missed it because the one nearby Chicago club with a Wednesday night game doesn't like to run special events. Fortunately it's on Thursday this year, and I'll be playing.

I mean the O(n!) deterministic sorting algorithm using next permutation. http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/next_permutation.html

Where is the option for snail sort?

[hv=d=e&v=n&w=sq9642h42daqj8c82&e=sak873h6dk72ct964]266|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] N S - 2♦a 2♠b 3♣c 4♥ P a: multi; b: ♥ > ♠; c: shows feature, game try in ♥ East deals, and EW pass throughout. Sure, opening by East would've worked great this hand, but can either EW get in the auction after the initial pass? Assume ACBL defense #2, if it matters.

Also it should be noted that ♠J is superior on trick 2, giving RHO a chance to err holding only one of ♠AKQ and no T.

[hv=d=w&v=b&n=sj3h7543daj7cak54&s=s9542hakqtdq83c93]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] W N E S P 1C P 1H X 2H P 3H P 4H AP Lead ♣T You win as RHO plays ♣6 UDCA. If you work on spades, defenders knock out the other high club, and RHO wins the 2nd spade to play a 3rd club through. Can you make it?

From my experience as operator, entering the correct number of tricks claimed is arguably the most important information to get right. If you are wrong the first time, changing it in the movie erases bidding/play of the board. This would be annoying for the audience as well as for record-keeping.

LOL @ this thread.

[hv=d=s&v=n&n=s43hk975dkqjt98cj&w=skjt2h8643da72c94&e=s86haj2d543ck7653&s=saq975hqtd6caqt82]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] At trick 4, West plays ♠2, 3, 8, 9. Declarer plays ♣2, 4, J, K. East leads ♠6, 7, T, 4. Now West comes back with ♥3. Obviously defense hasn't been great so far, but can East figure out to win ♥A?

[hv=d=s&v=n&n=s43hk975dkqjt98cj&w=skjt2h8643da72c94]266|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] S N 1♠ 2♦ 2NT 3NT Opponents play Standard American. You lead ♥6, playing 2nd/4th. It goes 7, 2, T. Declarer leads ♦ as you chuck the beer. You win the second diamond, declarer pitching ♠5. Your signals are UDCA with rev smith echo. What do you make of ♥2? Is Partner's diamond play count or smith? What do you return at trick 4 if partner played high-low in ♦, what if low-high?

5NT. Do people really play GSF here?

I win ♦A and return ♥6. This caters to partner holding ♥K, or 3 hearts plus ♣A. In the latter case, we're hoping declare has only 3 spades, 2 hearts, and 3 diamonds off the top.

I would inquire if they are playing overcall structure.

[hv=d=n&v=n&s=sajtha982dj764cj5]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] 1♦-(2♦)-?